Syllabus

This is the outline for the independent study section of my learning. This syllabus is subject to change.

  • Week 1-2 Syllabus Drafting and Theory
    1. Week 1
      1. Public Access Television, America’s Electronic Soapbox, Laura R. Linder (100 pgs)
      2. Guerrilla Television, Michael Shamberg (100 pgs)
      3. Understanding Community Media, section 1 intro, ch. 2 and 4, Kevin Howley (25 pgs.)
    2. Week 2
      1. Manufacturing Consent, Noam Chomsky & Edward Herman chapters 1,2,3,4,7 (220 pgs)
      2. Further complete syllabus, start documentation blog.
  • Week 3-5 History:
      1. Week 3-5
        1. Public Radio and Television in America, a political history, ch. 1-3, 8-14 (200 pgs)
        2. Guerilla Television Revisited (200 pgs)
        3. Hand Held Visions, ch. 1-6,  (350 pgs)
  • Week 6 Public Access Today
    1. Mini research assignment, reading and watching modern public access TV websites
  • Week 7-9 Social Movements and communities in Public Access Television, Case Studies:
  1. Week 7
    1. DUE: Come up with an assignment for the research paper.
    2. Producing Queer Communities: The politics of Public Access Cable Television ( 230 pgs)
    3. Understanding Community Media ch. 23, Feminist Guerilla Video in the Twin Cities (10 pgs)
  2. Week 8
    1. Hand-Held Visions, Chapter 7-9. (130 pgs)
    2. Understanding Community Media, ch. 12,14, 16, 17, 22, 24, 32 (70 pages)
  3. Week 9 – [Change: I had to take this week to work on my final paper and was not able to do these final readings]
    1. Black Power TV (150 pgs)
    2. Understanding Community Media, chp. 21: Ethnic Community Media and Social Change, a case in the united states (10 pgs)
  • Week 10 Finish the Research Paper